Prepare a paper based on the Marilyn Burns book. The paper should be 3-4 pages in length and written in a narrative style. The paper should include, but is not limited, to:
• Critique and analysis of the book. What is your opinion of the content presented in Marilyn Burn’s book? How do you feel about the style of writing she chooses to use in her book? How does her presentation of material help or hinder your understanding of the relevance of learning mathematical concepts?

• Personal reflection. Do you relate to any of the negative aspects of the scenarios Marilyn presents? Why or why not? If so, what may have made your experiences more positive? If not, why do you feel you developed positive attitudes towards math?

• Application to mathematics education. How does what you read apply to learning/teaching math today? What specific techniques/methods can you use in your own classroom that will make math learning fun and relevant to preschoolers through second graders?

• Application to personal life. How does this impact you in your home life? What have you learned that you can apply to life outside of the classroom?

Important forms:
Marilyn Burns Rubric

Qualities of an excellent math lesson plan:
• Pre-assessment drives the lesson
• Connection between pre-assessment, lesson objective, activity, post assessment
• Content is accurate, relevant, and meets identified standards
• Activities are developmentally appropriate
• Variations to lesson that accommodate diverse learners
• Pertinent materials and step-by-step procedures described in a clear manner
• Extensions to lesson that reinforce initial lesson objective

Important forms:

1. Lesson plan form
2. Lesson plan rubric
3. Lesson plan tips

The Number and Operations lesson plan is due week 6. Three additional lesson plans are due week 9. The final lesson plan is due week 10, and is submitted through TaskStream.

Observe, document, and teach preschool and school-aged children for a total of 15 hours. Documentation of the hours must be completed on the provided form. Using the focus questions, write a 2-page reflection at the end of the observations.

Complete and submit the following:
• 15 hours of observation
• 15 observation forms
• teach 2 lessons (as part of your 15 hours of observation)
• write 1 preschool summary (based on focus questions)
• write 1 school-aged summary (based on focus questions)
• PowerPoint presentation (of your teaching experience)

Due Week 10.

Read an empirical research article. The article will be current research related to the field of mathematics. Read the article thoroughly, and highlight important supporting information, findings, and conclusions. You must write in an essay format (no bullet points or lists). After you have read the article thoroughly, write a 2-3 page article summary that includes the following information:

1. What is the stated purpose of the article?
2. What theoretical model do the researchers use, and how does this model support the purpose of the research?
3. What important information is given to provide the reader with background knowledge about the topic?
4. From the Methods section, clearly identify each of the following: 1. Participants; 2. Measures: the area that was being assessed, the age of the children, the instrument used and the reliability of the instrument.
5. From the Discussion section, what are the most important stated results?
6. From the Discussion section, what conclusions can you draw based on the research presented in this article?

The paper must be submitted in APA formatting. ,shadow Here is a video tutorial explaining APA formatting. Additionally, you will share your summary of the article in class next week.

Visit http://standardstrial.nctm.org/triallogin.asp and get a free 120-day trial to NCTM. You will need access to the NCTM standards throughout the course. Please save proof of your NCTM registration confirmation in your Dropbox folder. You can print out all 5 strands (number & operations, algebra, geometry, measurement, and data analysis & probability) now at once, or weekly during the course.

Due Week 2.